Mason fire board votes to take property tax increase

8:34 PM,
Mar. 18, 2014

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The Mason Valley Fire Protection District Board voted to approve its fiscal year 2014-15 tentative budget and authorized to increase its property tax rate by .0067 per $100 of assessed valuation.

The figure is the maximum allowable rate the district board can increase the ad valorem (property) tax rate by state statute, without a voter approval, district chief Scott Draper said.

He continued the property tax rate approval would raise the district's overall property tax rate from .3276 to .3343. By statute, a local government cannot receive an increase in property tax revenue more than 6 ...